Black-throated Sunbird (Male & Female)

Getting small birds on the camera's view finder is difficult enough let alone trying to follow their fast and unpredictable flight sequence. It was a good day today as I managed to record both the male and female within a span of half an hour! Sunbirds feed solely on flower nectars which they extract from the flowers using the long angular beak.

                                                   Male

                                         Female

Black-throated Sunbird ( aethopyga siparaga ) 11 - 13.5 cm

A bird which wouldn't stay still for even a little while. That's the characteristic of this tiny little one whose favorite food is the nectar of flowers. This specie is found at sub to montane broadleaved evergreen  regions of up to 1700 meters.

The Black-throated Sunbird (Aethopyga saturata), 11-15 cm

Male

 Female